Life Journeys

Christianity is not an education about God. It's an encounter with Him that validates our lives, for He is life. You are more precious to God than the sum of millions of fans crying out your approval. When your money and friends are gone, your validation is still based upon the same word that put the stars in the sky.

Your pain need not be in vain. Human suffering and glory are not incompatible. The path to glory is through suffering. Hardship doesn’t mean you're “less than.” Too often we lose our sense of hope because of what we’re going through instead of finding our honor because of what Christ went through.

See what God sees in you instead of what you see in you. He sees the gold and works to remove the impurities in the Refiner’s Fire. If you dwell on what you’re not, that’s where you’ll stay. Stop trying to grow in God’s character by your own power. Learn to live a supernatural life of holiness and peace.

Hardship in this world is heaven's summons to believe. It is not a summons to try harder to better yourself or to give up. It is a call to seek God to build up your faith in the knowledge of His love. The impossible is the way through to your supernatural life purpose. Only relentless faith can navigate this pathway.

Never interpret the hardness of the way as a sign of failure. Favor from on high only fits into the container of the fear of the Lord, and is often forged in the furnace of hardship. Mary was highly favored, not because she was perfect, but by God’s choice. His grace determines our value. Our value doesn't determine His grace. Trust Him when you can't trust yourself!

All you have of eternal value has been freely given. Your life is not a mistake, no matter how hard it's been. Unrelenting pain is not greater than God’s unrelenting choice of you.  God’s love in you can change a thousand lives. His gracious choice of you says, “You are as beloved to Me as My Son Jesus is to Me.”

A heart at peace is a wonderful thing that lies near the core of a man's man.  It is the blessing of faith applied to the pursuit of holiness - the atmosphere of a whole man. It’s a place of self-control where no idol compels us to defeat. You don’t obey God to have peace but because you are at peace.

God will let life break us down eventually until we’re faced with an inadequacy that only He can fill. His intended holiness isn’t a limitation, but a life of extreme liberty, where we’re no longer controlled by the darkness or the desperation of inadequacy. It’s a completed life of wholeness, value and honor.

The devil likes to diminish our sense of identity, purpose, and value to entice us to build ourselves up instead of trusting in God! "What good are you?" is a demonic question not worthy of consideration! It’s not what you’ve made of yourself but what you’ve let God make of you that matters. Rest!!

Temptation and failure challenges you to find more of your life in God and less in the world. Don’t beat yourself up over not having arrived yet or let the enemy deny your identity in Christ. Stop fighting the symptoms. God’s drawing you closer. You’re created to be complete only in Christ. 

When God fills our soul, nothing this world takes from us need matter. Stress and defensiveness are the soul's longing for God. If loving people is wearing you out, that’s your soul’s thirst for God. We’re created to need God and trust that He’ll take care of everything. He can fulfill in us what no man can.

God’s silence is often heaven’s call to walk by faith. The source of faith is not the absence of hardship. Suffering does not erase the degree of God’s faithfulness. It tests our faithfulness. Faith doesn't wonder about what God will do but what we will do. Don’t use faith to argue with God. Trust Him.

Fixing the side effects of a nation’s corrupt values will not make America great again. Our future’s not determined by how well we adhere to the Constitution but to God’s Word. It’s a false freedom that leans on the First Amendment while living an immoral life. This battle’s about faith and values, not liberty.

Don’t go out in public until you can get into a foxhole with your political enemy and be willing to die to save their life. How? The best time to establish love for your enemy is when your soul is humbled from your own sin. It’s God’s love that builds faith in us. Let His love in you do the same for others.

I’ve talked to those who have truly suffered: people in Nazi concentration camps. Suffering didn’t mean there was no God. It strengthened faith amidst hopelessness. Some say pain means there’s no God, when in reality it’s often a pathway to Him. It's not our suffering, but our sin that keeps us in darkness. 

Overcome evil with good. Love your enemies. You think it's hard, but it's harder on the soul to hate than it is to sacrifice pride. Your cross will be the world’s chance to see God through you. Live your life because of who you are, not because of who others aren’t. Your hate gives them power over you. 

When Charlie was killed, God’s word came quickly, “You’ve seen what man can do. Now get ready for what I can do.”  The deafening sound of mercy rang out. Forgiveness is forged in blood - the price of freedom given by the truly free soul. It’s time to liberate America by loving our enemies at any cost.

Find something worth dying for, and then spend your life living for something that will last for eternity. Sacrifices that come from love and by faith forge an identity that can save our eternal lives and nation. It means living the truth, not just claiming it. Hell’s gates won’t prevail against you.

It was a martyrdom - the labor pains of a great birthing. A million Charlie Kirks will rise up. Jesus promised that our sorrow shall be turned into joy! The blood of the martyrs has always been the seed of the kingdom of God. Charlie died standing for his Master. So who are you standing for?

God doesn't usually help me by giving all the answers about why I suffer. Faith is its own answer. He helps by giving me himself. It’s about who I am becoming whatever I am going through - about changing me, not just my circumstances, until I am as His word in human form. He’s not against us.

Shame can be a symptom of failed self-esteem pursuits instead of relying on grace. It is the fruit of religious self-effort, an emblem of wounded pride. God gives the oil of joy for mourning. He buries shame in a double blessing of mercy. Show me your self-esteem, and I'll show you my divine-esteem.    Click https://bit.ly/m/Life-Journeys to find a list of your favorite platforms for this podcast!

“I want to be different. I fail too often.” Then, look beyond your own thoughts. They’re what got you into this mess. Renew your mind on the mercy of God. Then, sacrifice. It’s the bedrock upon which a renewed mind  transforms lives. Sacrifice some of your time to God. You’ll be supernaturally changed. Click https://bit.ly/m/Life-Journeys to find a list of your favorite platforms for this podcast!

When Job played the victim card  and said he didn’t deserve such suffering, God came in a whirlwind with a revelation of majesty that exposed his self-righteous heart. Upon repenting, his life was restored. He found that God uses all His creation to say, “I will take care of you.” Click https://bit.ly/m/Life-Journeys to find a list of your favorite platforms for this podcast!

Neither our bodies, nor finances, diseases, possessions or people need define our life. Without Jesus, we have existence, but not life. He defines the future, and His glory defines our intended life. Your soul need never long for peace, value, or love. He gives life with no shame or regrets. Dare to let go of your life.   Click https://bit.ly/m/Life-Journeys to find a list of your favorite platfor...

Many try to define God by their pain saying, "My hard life is the source of the truth of the mysteries of the universe and existence itself." God showed Job, “When you accept that I am in charge in your pain, then you can accept that I am in charge of your deliverance." Self-righteous reality never wins.